"Ingredients are magical, the way their texture transforms after you cook them, they are most integral to food. I love cooking vegetables, though not so much eating them.”
Viraf Patel, chef, Upper Crust, April-June 2025
"‘India and China buy 70% of (Russian dictator Vladimir) Putin’s oil,’
(US Senator Lindsay) Graham said, accusing them of fueling Russia’s war machine while avoiding
support for Ukraine.”
The Free Press Journal, July 2, 2025
"The race course (in Bombay) is intended exclusively for horse racing and its
maintenance. The push for additional
Floor Space Index amounts to blatant
exploitation of valuable public land.”
Zoru Bhathena, environmental activist, criticizing the proposal of the Royal Western India Turf Club to build a new clubhouse and banquet hall at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse,
The Free Press Journal, July 2, 2025
"Work on your craft. Don’t say,
‘I want to become an actor, I went for auditions.’ That you have to do. But what did you bring to the auditions? What training did you go through? You went to drama school, and even if you didn’t go, what did you do in self-training? Which pictures did you watch? Which acting books did you read? How much have you rehearsed? If you don’t rehearse
and say that you look beautiful
and will get a job — that’s it, you
will always be heartbroken. So, this is what I am saying: make your own luck. Don’t expect Bollywood
to do anything for you.”
Boman Irani, actor, MumbaiMirror, June 21, 2025
"When Indian wicketkeeper-batter
Rishabh Pant was brought into the hospital in Bombay, Pant’s first
question was ‘Am I ever going to be able to play again?’ His mother though, more practical, asked the surgeon: ‘Is he ever going
to be able to walk again?’”
Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, orthopedic surgeon, The Free Press Journal, June 30, 2025
"In 2024, religious freedom
conditions in India continued to deteriorate as attacks and
discrimination against religious minorities continued to rise.
Prior to national elections in June, Bharatiya Janata Party members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, propagated hateful rhetoric and disinformation against Muslims and other religious minorities to gather political support.”
Extract from the United States Commission
on International Religious Freedom,
2025 Annual Report
"Automaker valuations are admittedly often somewhat mystifying — Ferrari builds fewer than 14,000 cars a year but is worth more than Volkswagen, which sells almost nine
million vehicles annually.”
Chris Bryant, Berlin-based business
columnist, Bloomberg, reprinted in The
Financial Express, April 2, 2025